Into White is an album by the American singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Carly Simon

Carly Simon

Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...

. it is her 23rd studio album (30th overall), and her fifth album of pop standards.

Released on January 2, 2007 by Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

, Into White was produced by the Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard is an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for being an affluent summer colony....

 producer Jimmy Parr, with whom Simon has worked extensively as his studio is close to her Tisbury

Tisbury, Massachusetts

Tisbury is a town located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,755 at the 2000 census.Vineyard Haven is the main village/town center of Tisbury. The two names are used interchangeably...

 farm. Simon's children Sally Taylor and Ben Taylor

Ben Taylor (musician)

Benjamin Taylor is a musician and actor. He is the son of folk rock artists James Taylor and Carly Simon. His sister, Sally Taylor, is also a musician. Ben Taylor bears a striking resemblance to his famous father and has a singing voice akin to him as well...

, appear on this album.

Track listing

1. "Into White
   Into White
   "Into White" is a song written and recorded by Cat Stevens. It was released on his 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman and was covered in 1971, in Italian, by Mia Martini and in 2007 by Carly Simon.Many feel the song is a description of transcendence...
   
   " — 2:49
2. "Oh! Susanna
   Oh! Susanna
   "Oh! Susanna" is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster . It was published by W. C. Peters & Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1848. The song was introduced by a local quintette at a concert in Andrews' Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 11, 1847. Foster was said to have written...
   
   " — 2:58
3. "Blackbird
   Blackbird (song)
   "Blackbird" is a Beatles song from the double-disc album The Beatles . Blackbird was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon–McCartney.-Origins:...
   
   " — 2:30
4. "You Can Close Your Eyes" (with Sally Taylor) — 3:21
5. "Quiet Evening" — 4:22
6. "Manhã de Carnaval" — 2:22
7. "Jamaica Farewell
   Jamaica Farewell
   "Jamaica Farewell" is a calypso about the beauties of the West Indian Islands.The lyrics for the song were written by Lord Burgess . Lord Burgess was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1926. His mother was from Barbados and his father was from Virginia. The song first appeared on Harry Belafonte's...
   
   " — 3:29
8. "You Are My Sunshine
   You Are My Sunshine
   "You Are My Sunshine" is a popular song first recorded in 1939. It has been declared one of the state songs of Louisiana as a result of its association with former state governor and country music singer Jimmie Davis. The song is copyright 1940 Peer International Corporation, words and music by...
   
   " — 2:36
9. "I Gave My Love a Cherry (The Riddle Song)" — 2:51
10. "Devoted to You
    Devoted to You (song)
    "Devoted to You" is a song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.The best-known version was recorded by The Everly Brothers, and released by Cadence Records as catalog number 1350. This version was issued as the flip side of "Bird Dog," but reached the charts on its own, at #10 on the United...
    
    /All I Have to Do Is Dream
    All I Have to Do Is Dream
    "All I Have to Do Is Dream" is a popular song made famous by the Everly Brothers, written by the husband and wife songwriting team Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, and published in 1958. The song is ranked No...
    
    " — 2:58
11. "Scarborough Fair
    Scarborough Fair
    "Scarborough Fair" is a traditional ballad of the United Kingdom.The song tells the tale of a young man, who tells the listener to ask his former lover to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she...
    
    " — 3:38
12. "Over the Rainbow
    Over the Rainbow
    "Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...
    
    " — 2:24
13. "Love of My Life" — 2:54
14. "I'll Just Remember You" — 2:24

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2007	The Billboard 200	13
2007	Top Internet Albums	1

Alternate versions

• A special copy of the album was released by Barnes and Noble with a bonus track, "Hush Little Baby
  Hush Little Baby (song)
  "Hush Little Baby" is a song by British rapper Wretch 32 which appears on his debut studio album, Black and White . The song is track thirteen on the standard edition of the album, and one of eleven collaborations. The song, which features singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran, was produced by the team TMS...
  
  /My Bonnie".

External links

• Carly Simon at Columbia Records
• Carly Simon official site
• Into White at CarlySimon.com